Taylor Wessing
Hundreds of thousands of people are leaving Ukraine or will do so in the very near future. When they reach a country that is foreign to them, there are many unanswered questions and very often they do not speak the local language. Taylor Wessing would like to help and has compiled the answers to some of the most important questions here. Please share the posting so that as many Ukrainians as possible can be helped at least a little bit in this so difficult time for them.
Legal and practical guide for people leaving Ukraine to Germany
All Ukrainian citizens with a valid biometric passport are allowed to enter Germany without the requirement of a visa. Ukrainian citizens who do not hold a biometric passport need a visa. However, at least Poland has allowed Ukrainian citizens without a biometric passport to enter its country and according to the German federal ministry of the interior representatives of the German embassies in Poland and the other EU border countries of Ukraine are at the borders to assist with visa applications.
Links to useful websites
- Information from the Federal Foreign Office:
- https://kiew.diplo.de/ua-uk/aktuelles/-/2513880
- Information from the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community:
- https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/faqs/DE/themen/ministerium/ukrain-war-ukr/faq-list-ukrain-war.html;jsessionid=5092B49D4B7F7ECA21E32D7D33F46FFA.2_cid364
- Information from the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees:
- https://www.bamf.de/DE/Themen/AsylFluechtlingsschutz/ResettlementRelocation/InformationenEinreiseUkraine/informationen-einreise-ukraine-node.html
- UkraineNOW evacuations:
- https://www.ukrainenow.org/refuge
- Information for the first accommodation in Berlin:
- https://www.berlin.de/willkommenszentrum/ru/etap-1-pribytie/prozedura-polutschenija-statusa-beshenza/
- Information on how to register as an asylum seeker in Germany: https://handbookgermany.de/en/rights-laws/asylum/registration-for-asylumseekers.html
- Engagement of the German Bar Association in support of Ukraine:
- https://dav-international.eu/en/ukraine
Contact persons at Taylor Wessing Germany
Mr. Jonas Warnken (+49 40 368030)
Ms. Karolina Lange-Kulmann (+49 211 83870)